CVE-2004-2491

Opera Web Browser 7.53 - Location Replace URI Obfuscation

Severity Score

2.6

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A race condition in Opera web browser 7.53 Build 3850 causes Opera to fill in the address bar before the page has been loaded, which allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the address bar via the window.open and location.replace HTML parameters, which facilitates phishing attacks.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 2.6

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2004-07-27 First Exploit
2004-12-31 CVE Published
2005-10-25 CVE Reserved
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16816	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24325	2004-07-27
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-07/1056.html	2024-08-08
http://www.osvdb.org/8317	2024-08-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10810	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/12162	2022-02-28
http://www.opera.com/windows/changelogs/754	2022-02-28

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Opera Search vendor "Opera"		Opera Browser Search vendor "Opera" for product "Opera Browser"				<= 7.53 Search vendor "Opera" for product "Opera Browser" and version " <= 7.53"		-		Affected